The Third Segawa Sojuro and the Third Segawa Kikunojo as Lovers

Two people wearing traditional Japanese clothing, kimonos, standing side by side. The person on the left is a man with black hair styled upwards and to the sides, wearing a black kimono with white flowers and a pink lining. He looks at the woman on his right. The woman has black hair with two short horns on top, wears a black kimono with white flowers and a tan shawl or wrap. Her body faces the man but she looks up to her left. They are standing on a dirt path with grass and plants behind them. The background is a solid tan color. The artwork depicts "The Third Segawa Sojuro and the Third Segawa Kikunojo as Lovers" by Katsukawa Shunkō.

Artwork details

Date:: ca. 1779?
Medium:: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 293 × 624 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Segawa no Adanami" (An Elopement: Treacherous Waves in the Shallow River), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781

Umeyashiki, from the series "Collection of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho shu)"

A Banquet Scene

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

Actors Iwai Hanshirô IV, Ichikawa Monnosuke II, and Sakata Hangorô III, in “Snowflakes: Raising the Standard at Izu” (“Mutsu no Hana Izu no Hataage”)

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Goro and Segawa Kikunojo III as Tsukisayo, in the play "Nanakusa Yosooi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1782